Anequaliser (inCommonwealth English) orequalizer (inAmerican English), is a sports term that refers to agoal orrun that makes the two teams' scores equal.^[1][2]

For example, if Team A is winning 1-0 and Team B scores a goal, making the score 1-1, then that goal is anequaliser.

External videos
Wambach's 122nd-minute equalizer vs Brazil in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinal on July 10, 2011retrieved March 8, 2022

According toSports Illustrated, one of the most significant goals inUnited States soccer history was an equalizer scored byAbby Wambach: a header goal off a left-footed long-distance cross fromMegan Rapinoe in the 122nd minute of play of the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinal in Germany.^[3]FIFA called the goal the "greatest Women's World Cup goal."^[4]

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